About 5:20 a.m., cops discovered the man's body behind the wheel of a car in the 6700 block of South East End Avenue. He had been shot in his torso and neck.

Eric "Guitar" Davis, of the 10400 block of South Eggleston Avenue, was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:07 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

As of Thursday morning, police were investigating if there was any connection between the two shootings. No one was in custody.

Hours earlier, a 27-year-old man was shot to death in the Gage Park neighborhood.

The man was getting out of his car near the intersection of 53rd Street and Talman Avenue when a gunman approached and began shooting about 3 a.m. The victim was hit in his face and body. He tried to run away, but collapsed in a nearby alley.

Salvador Diaz, 27, of the 5000 block of South Spaulding Avenue, was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 3:56 a.m. Thursday. Cops said the shooting may have been gang-related.

Christopher Ramirez, 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to the medical examiner's office.

Ramirez was walking in the 2600 block of South Trumbull Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a gunman got out of a van and began shooting, police said. Ramirez, of the 2800 block of South Trumbull, was shot in his head and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.